Mark Henry Net Worth 2024

What Is Mark Henry’s Net Worth?

Mark Henry is an American powerlifter, wrestler, strongman, and Olympic weightlifter who has a net worth of $4.5 million. Mark Henry made his skilled wrestling debut in 1996 and was skilled by Leo Burke, the Hart wrestling family, and Lewis Hotchin and weighed in at 412 kilos at 6 ft 4 in tall. Mark earned gold, silver, and bronze medals in weightlifting on the Pan American Games in Mar Plata in 1995, and he has gained roughly 13 gold medals in varied strongman competitions all through his profession. At the age of 18, Henry was acknowledged at “the world’s strongest teenager” by the “Los Angeles Times.” He certified for the 1992 Summer Olympics and positioned tenth within the tremendous heavyweight class. Mark’s private powerlifting data embrace a squat of 953.5 kilos, a deadlift of 903.9 kilos, and a powerlifting whole of 2336.9 kilos. His private weightlifting data embrace a snatch of 396.8 kilos, a clear and jerk of 485 kilos, and a weightlifting whole of 881.8 kilos.

Henry started wrestling for the World Wrestling Federation in 1996 and was signed to a ten-year contract after competing within the 1996 Summer Olympics. He gained the World Heavyweight Championship in 2011, and he retired from the WWE in 2018. Since his retirement, he has labored as a coach, expertise scout, and commentator/analyst with All Elite Wrestling. Mark was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in 2012 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018. He has appeared within the movies “MacGruber” (2010), “A Haunted House 2” (2014), and “Incarnate” (2016), and he co-hosts the SiriusXM radio program “Busted Open.”

Early Life

Mark Henry was born Mark Jerrold Henry on June 12, 1971, in Silsbee, Texas. He is the son of Barbara and Ernest Henry, and he has an older brother, Pat. Sadly, when Mark was 12, his father handed away from problems from diabetes. Most of the boys in Henry’s family had been bigger than the typical male, and his nice uncle Chudd stood 6 ft 7 in tall, weighed round 500 kilos, and was mentioned to be the strongest man in East Texas’ Piney Woods. Mark was identified with dyslexia on the age of 14, and he grew to become interested by wrestling as a toddler. In a 2009 interview with “Bleacher Report,” Henry mentioned that in his youth, his favourite wrestler was André the Giant, and when he attended a wrestling occasion in Beaumont, Mark tripped over a barricade whereas attempting to the touch André. According to Henry, “André noticed me with my feet hanging excessive of the barricade and my fingers on the ground, so he picked me up, and he put me again on the opposite aspect of the barricade.” Mark was a member of the soccer staff at Silsbee High School, however he could not play as a senior as a result of he strained ligaments in his wrist and scored under 700 when he took the SAT.

Powerlifting Career

By the time Henry was a fourth grader, he weighed 225 kilos and stood 5 ft 5 in tall. Mark’s mom purchased him a set of weights, and as a highschool freshman, he might squat 600 lb. In 1990, he gained the National High School Powerlifting Championships and set teenage world data within the squat (832 lb) in addition to powerlifting whole (2,033 lb). Within a number of years, Henry had develop into a three-time state champion who had set each state and nationwide data in each powerlifting  class: squat, bench press, deadlift, and whole. At the 1990 Texas High School Powerlifting Championships, University of Texas at Austin kinesiology professor Terry Todd satisfied Mark to return to Austin after commencement to begin coaching within the Olympic model of weightlifting. Just a few months later, Henry was runner-up on the USPF Senior National Powerlifting Championships, then he gained the 1991 United States National Junior Championships and later grew to become the International Junior Champion in Powerlifiting.

During his first yr as a aggressive weightlifter, Mark grew to become the highest Superheavyweight within the nation. In 1992, he positioned tenth within the Super-Heavyweight class on the Summer Olympics and gained the USA Weightlifting American Open, adopted by wins on the U.S. Senior National Weightlifting Championships in 1993, 1994, and 1996. In 1995, Henry gained three medals (gold, silver, and bronze) on the Pan American Games and gained the ADFPA U.S. National Powerlifting Championships. The following yr, he was named the North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands Champion, and by the point he turned 24, Mark was acknowledged by many because the world’s strongest man. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he injured his again and dropped out after his first attempt on the clear and jerk, ending in 14th place. Henry then retired from weightlifting, however in 1997, he grew to become the U.S National Powerlifting Champion (Super Heavyweight class).

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Wrestling Career

In 1996, Mark signed a 10-year contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which later grew to become generally known as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He made his WWF debut on the age of 24 on “Monday Night Raw,” and in 1999, he gained the WWF European Championship and created the persona “Sexual Chocolate.” In 2000, Henry labored on his wrestling and conditioning abilities with Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), and in 2001, he took a hiatus from wrestling after his mom died. He then competed within the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic in his mom’s honor and gained $10,000 together with a cruise and a $75,000 hummer. Mark gained the ECW Championship in 2008 and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in 2011, and in 2018, he retired from the WWE and commenced working in a backstage position. In 2021, he joined All Elite Wrestling and have become a part of the “AEW Rampage” commentary staff in addition to a coach.

Personal Life

Mark married Jana Perry on April 24, 2005, and so they have two youngsters, Jacob and Joanna. In September 2012, Henry served as a pallbearer on the funeral of actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who died of respiratory failure throughout a two month hospitalization following a coronary heart assault. During a 2019 interview with Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, on “Busted Open,” Mark introduced that he intends to donate his mind to science after his loss of life so it may be used for CTE analysis. He mentioned of the choice, “I undoubtedly wish to go on document that I’m donating my mind to the mind financial institution, and I hope that one thing good can come out of y’all having my mind. Maybe it should assist with determining how issues work sooner or later that can profit my youngsters and everybody else’s youngsters…. We at all times need the longer term to be higher for our households and your households, talking of the followers on the market which have youngsters enjoying sports activities. And a few of you mother and father, you weekend warriors. Like, you get a ding, get some assist.”

Awards and Honors

In 1990, the “Los Angeles Times” dubbed Henry “The World’s Strongest Teenager.” In 2007, he was named to the All-time Top 25 All-Mens US Powerlifting Nationals Team. For weightlifting, Mark gained a gold medal within the Snatch, a silver medal within the Olympic weightlifting Total, and a bronze medal in Clean and jerk (all within the SHW division) on the 1995 Pan American Games. He completed in first place within the SHW division on the 1991 U.S. National Junior Weightlifting Championships, the 1993, 1994, and 1996 U.S. Senior National Weightlifting Championships, the 1992 American Open Weightlifting Championships, and the 1993 and 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival Championships. Henry additionally gained the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic. For skilled wrestling, Mark has earned the Cauliflower Alley Club’s Iron Mike Mazurki Award (2019) and the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame’s Frank Gotch Award (2021), and “Pro Wrestling Illustrated” named him Most Improved Wrestler of the Year in 2011. With the WWF/WWE, he has gained the ECW Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, and WWF European Championship one time every and the Slammy Award thrice (Holy $#!+ Move of the Year in 2011, Feat of Strength of the Year in 2013, and Match of the Year in 2014).

Real Estate

In 2012, Mark and Jana bought a 4,518 sq. foot residence in Austin, Texas, that was in-built 2001. The residence contains 4 bedrooms, 4.5 loos, a swimming pool with fountains, a three-car storage, and an out of doors hearth. The mansion was listed for $819,900, however the worth the couple paid for it’s unknown.